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TilF. LONDON JOURNALS. FATRACTS FROM THE MORNING pAitRS, MAY 22, 1826. [THE TIMES.] The measures recommended by the Attorney-Ge neral, professing to be for the alleviatiOn of that dread ful burden which the people of England have so long, but of late with such impatience, borne—we mean the Count of Chancery, with Lord Eldon at- the head of it—are - what might have been looked for from the re port of the majority of Commissioners, as the report itself bears the true family features of the. commission whence it sprung. That Commission, indeed, was planted by the very hand which ought to have been tied up from all interference with it. Lord Won planted the young tree, and twisted it into the shape that best.pleaaed him, and beamed on it ,with his ap proving countenance, or, as we have been informed, wa tered it, when necessary, with hie tears. No wonder, then, if the fruit be of goodly bulk, though of insipid or even somewhat nauseous flavour. In fact, ; the. volume exhibited by these Commissioners—we ought. perhaps to say by the majority of them, as they aci knowledge that little harmony of sentiment was to be found at their board—this volume contains above 500 pages folio, part report, part evidence, the latter most ponderous, though- manifestly the result of ex aminations conducted with skilful and long-sighted caution, the object of which .could have been no other than to prevent the witnesses from saying what it might have been inconvenient to certain per sonages to record. There is inueh said, and by a score of persons, touching the preliminary stages of a suit in Chancery--=that is to say, the stages which pre cede the }lean:lig, and which are necessary to ripen each litigated question for the direct attention . of the Judge. To these points the solicitude of the commission- ap pears to have been industriously directed—to them it hattbeen with umeh dexterity confined. In the delays prior to, the hearing before the Lord Chancellor, those official sages who-govern the commission appear to assume it as a satisfactory datum, that all the hardships upon the unhappy suitor are comprehended, and to them, almost exclusively, the remedial measures wproposed by the Attorney-General relate. Now, ithout considering - individuals wholly to blame for the dreadful :amount of wrong inflicted by this mon strous juriidietion, miscalled a Court of Equity, .upon the public, -we beg leave to protest emphatically against an extreme -of an opposite nature--viz. that upon which . the commissioners have proceeded, in regarding the judicial - vices or incapacities of certain Judges as extraneous to the object of their trust. When we are rebuked in the midst of such observations by -Ministers and learned gentleme n , who inform us that the commission was appointed to inquire into the " system and practice of the Court of " Chancery, not into the conduct of the Lord Chan " cellor," what is it. that these wincing members of an ostensiblOccanmission mean? they assert that a bad system may not be interwoven with, and all its evils intolerably aggravated by, a vicious and crooked administration of it ? That if it stares every iniin in the face, how much the inherent slowness of a Court of Chancery has been for many years augmented by a doubting, procrastinating, forgetting, and re hearing Judge, it is no part of their duty as inqui rams to report upon a fact so momentous ? That if all men agreed upon the notorious frequency of and ruinous delays interposing between the rea. dine+.4 of a cause for hearing, and the fact of its being heard, as again between the termination of the hearing and the delivery of a learned Judge's 'opinion upon the matter of it—delays, in both cases, but especially ib the last, by which the postponement of justice, after the justice of a case has been ascertained, amounts to an absolute denial of justice to those who have already been all but starved in the pursuit of it,—will they atlirin that the operation of a particular mind in the production or increase of such a mass-of misery, -otifilit not to become a 'component part of the state manta which it is their botinden duty to bring forward a. for .the instruction and guidance of the Legislature ? 'Thus it is Ili most instances when enormous power has been concentrated in a single hand. In spite of that fundamental maxim of free government, that the executive power should be rigorously restrained from meddling too closely with the judicial, will any one now look ;A the all but unbounded swing of an individual, high in the Government of this country, over the entire system of its jurisprudence, and allege that any thing like the theory'of the British Constitu tion has been held inviolate ! One man seems to wield irresistibly both branches of the legislature, and all departments of the law. Even common justice to the equity jurisdiction of - the kingdom would prompt a searching and unsparing scrutiny into the real influ , en.c..e-. of so high an officer 'as the .LOrd Chancellor upon it. , Yet we are told, " you must not dare " inquire into the conduct of Lord Eldon !" This Leone servility,, this paltry whining, may promote the , job of the day; our rights 'and comforts as a nation may for a year or two be sacrificed to personal soreness or cupidity but what will after ages think Of the virtue and manhood of their ancestors ?. Every-one, it seems, is, in the seaman's language, to be over hauled, except the presiding Nobleman. The. counsel •(f.:-0 , 1 be praised for it) are to be reduced from : seven at a Side to two ; the Mister's office is to be " p ut to at pUrgation ;" the seventy CoininiSsioners of. Bank rupts are to be diminished to ten. Now, with regard to this Bankruptcy system, was such a thing ever heard. of ,as its enormous mischiefs and abuses There are seventy of these judges as they must be called—. , theJnajouty of them, as Dr. Lushington (one of the i ornm casioners) assures Parliament, wholly incompetent to the office—wranglin g , blundering, idling Away the time of the p u bli c , an d the bankrupts' property, and p: , .-ying upon both , in another and equally appalling loam, by forcing parties to appeal to the Lord Chan caller from the ignorant, inapt, and iniquitous deci .:tions of Guildhall. Who, then, appoints this heap cif `auhhish ? Why, the Chancellor. All the seventy etre a portion of his patronage, and they pay their debt a.gratitude to his Lordship, by_ creating occupati on for half Ms time. But' M r . Hamilton, p. 97 of ate- evidence, gave the Commissioners an unwelcome )Aace of truth when he told them, as a reason for. Lord 4 - .2 f i on i s .incapacity to do ,justice, that th e " Chancel-' kr ban too many irons in the-fire." One, then, of these irons,. 4‘ has been propbsed to reinove to another *furnace Lord Eldon's.. The bankruptcy business' ought to be given elsewhere: but .the story goes that Ai,..llklohle Lord would " re'ther•die than surrender it ; " arid' with seine reason, trulyi:i . f the - fees we r e to folks* thd Work, since each coMmiSsiortifiringi the -Ch an :. error 151, i n money, if we are . well informed; and. on sided lest‘' October, -the an inspection of the Ckz et p e pcofit to the venerable nobleman from-thatrsouree'oito hardly be less than 1,0091. per week. But again— .. • why should the lawns of evidence, recognized .15171. .the common law of England, be set aside by ' written interrogatories in our Equity Courts Is that a mode of arriving at substantial justice ? Why should the Courts of the Rolls- and the Vice- Chancery be appealed from to the Chancellor, instead of the House of Lords at once ? This effect of the notable invention of a Vice-Chancellof was foreseen and distinctly foretold on his appointment. Sir Sa muel Roiiiitly declared, that the appeal business from the Vice-Chancellor would add to the embarrassments of the Lord, Chancellor, instead of having a tendency to relieve hint. Accordingly, we find that his Lord ship is overrun with appeals. We, wish, therefore, that Lord Eldon's Court was' not henceforth to be employed as a strainer for the impurities of other tribu nals, or an-additional engine for assisting fraud in its obstrtietions to the path of justice. But we are con vinced that there are, throughout the - whole system of this unconstitutional jurisdiction of our Coults of Equity, vices too deep, too vast, too weighty, to be reached or managed by the Report now laid before IParliament. The Court of Chancery was first resorted to, as a relief against the intricacies and technicalities of law ; but it lias undergone an entire metamorplio , Sib-it has beat the law at its own worst inventions: every thing is now precedent, and form, and subtilty c - in our Courts of equitable jurisdiction, and there is not the-grand safeguard of a trial of filets by a Jury. The Report is a wash for eye-sores on the surface of this diseased tribunal—it reaches not the malady [NIOIiNIG Mr. Canning, in the discussion on Mr. Broughatn's motion on Friday night, said— "He was opposed to Slavery as much as any man ; but that it was inconsistent with the Christian religion he altogether denied. On the contrary, he maintained that from the dawn of Christian 7! ity co the present day,. Slavery co-existed with it ; and it wan a great beauty of Christianity, • that it accommodated and adapted itself to all Systems, anti was mounting the throne of the Caesars, and comforting the •captive in his cell, while persecution was at its height." • Mr. Canning here says he is as much opposed to Slavery as any man ; amt., he is opposed to it, be cause, no doubt, he conceives it unjust that one man should hold another in bondage, and compel him to work, whether he will or not. He will admit that the relation of master • and slave, is 'directly at variance with the Christian maxim--, ,, D0 unto others as you would that others do unto you." He is opposed to. Slavery, then, because it is unjust ; but though un just, • it is not, he says,: inconsistent with the Christian religion, the.beauty of which is, that. it accommodates itself to all systems, that is, that it accommodates it, self to unjust systems.- - The Right Honourable Gen tleman, in his attempt to reconcile Slavery with Chris tianity, , pays no very high compliment to the latter. — But why is Slavery not inconsistent with. Christianity r Because it has • been co-existent with Christianity. Why murder and robbery have been co-existent with Christianity,—but are they consistent with it ? The great maxim of Christianity, do unto others as you would that others do unto you," condemns slavery distinctly, for no man, with •the feelings of a man, would wish to live subject. to the will of another, and subject to his caprice. Slavery existed in the world ahnost univer sally, when Christianity was first preached—the that Christians Were many of them slaves, and if it had been expressly laid down that slavery was incompatible with the existence of Christianity, this would have, been an in citement to revolt and rebellion, and would have led to the destruction of every Christian as a rebel. Pri soners made in war were then sold,as .slave . There is no express prohibition of this horrid practice, in the New Testament, but becau3e it is not prohibited, and was co-existent with Christianity, it is not, therefore, consistent with -it. • Under all the Christian Govern ments of Europe, when a town is carried. by assault, though the inhabitants of the town might be utterly unable to prevent the garrison from holding out to the' last extremity, by the laws ,of. war, it is allowable'..to the assailants- to. put all . the living, beings within the walls to the sword, to 'violate . females, -&e. The English are, perhaps, as good. Christians. as their neighbours, hut they availed -.. them Selves of this law, at the siege of St. Sebastians, as: Much as the wildest Cossacks or Turks ever did in a similar conjuncture. . But, because this horrid inhumanity co-exists with Christianity, and is in accordinte with the laws of war, is it consistent with Christianity ? Would the soldier, who tears.the .tender Virgin *Om • the arms of her mother, and makes her the victim of his fierce passions; 'So act if he squared his conduct with the Chritian maxim to which we have adverted ? Certainly not. He sins not at the laws of war; but he sips against the Divinelaw. The la* of Eng land, according to the Attorney-General, in his lump• nous speech on Thursday nights has sanctioned for Centuries practices deo infamously fraudulent a nature, that the blood boils at the very recital of them. After stating various improper delays which may take place .in a suit in Chancery, the Attorney-General oh served— • " If, at the expiration_ of this three quarters of a y , the defendant talo:s another step, a step of mere form, and pci laps of mere fraud—the plaintitrit bill cannot be dismissed fur three quer ters of a year snore, . The plaintiff then has to tile a replication, making, in the whole,. a year and a half before the case can be dismissed. Even in We rase, if the defendant undertake tospeak the ease, lie obtains a further delay; end after he has obtained this obj...a, lie may ,say, s now I undertake to speak the case with effect.' He then obtains an additional term, though the expres.- Sion speak with effect, necessarily implies that the preceding speaking was subdolous and evasive . . . It might excite a sur prise in honest minds, how such a system could ever have arisen; but, bad as such a system may b 2, it has existed through the ,eras of Lords Bacon, Nottingham, Somers, Ilardwieke, Camden, and it exists at the plesent time." Here, then, we have fraud, shameful fraud, sane tioned by law. A good citizen, though robbed and defrauded under bad laws, must still yield obedience to theta, and not oppose 'violent 'resistance to them. But because,. for hundreds of years, the law of Eng land has left a door open to all manner of frauds, through - which door numbers of knaves have con stantly entered, and because • Christianity and this law have: co-existed, does it follow that fraud is consistent with Christianity ? A fooliSh stress has been laid on what is said respecting Onesimus, the , slave, -in. the New Testament, as if the inculcation of St. Paul to him to obey his master sanctioned slavery. Let us put 4 ease in point.;—,Every one acquainted with London knows that there is pretty numerous class of Attoinies 'who make a'trade of lending money on bill to persons in a state of insolvency. Having obtained the names of five or six persons of 'this description to a bill, an' Attar/icy proceeds, after the bill is dis honoured, to reco ver froth the different estates; obtain- . ing ten sliillirojs in the pound from one, fifteen shillings, frorn 'another, sixteen shillings - from a third, and 30 on, till he realises, perhays, for every pound, foity or fifty shillings. If Clilnasimus had lived in 'our days,. and bad -been security in a bill of this description, on. which . a 'knavish attorney had already recovered forty in'-the pound, and' 'hid his goods or person takeir in . tifietitiori, not w ith s t a i l ding St. Paul would: not have exhorted him to rens' t this law, though it • :but would hal- 4 ', inculcated obedience to it. Still no man will pretend that 'this and-the thousand other frauds practised constantly in London, under the sanction of the law, are not incon sistent with Christianity. Christianity is, indeed, we are told, part and parcel of the law, but it forms but a small parcel of it. Though Christianity is law, law is not always Christianity ; for it comprehends suh dolous practices, which cannot be Christian practices. Whatever is co-existent with Christianity, quoth Mr. Canning, is consistent with it, Whatever Lord Somers and the Bench of Bishops have sanctioned, quoth the Lord Chancellor, is. Christianity. So Mr. C ann i n g, reprobating slavery all the time, makes it Christian nevertheless, while the Lord Chancellor ad mires man-stealing, because it .is Bench of Bishops' Christianity. Between the two Christianity comes ra ther poorly off. To hold our fellow men in slavery is no doubt perfectly lawful, and the property in slaves is as much entitled to the protection of the law as any other ; but however lawful it may be to own slaves, the thing is not the less unchristian. We do not saythat the owner of slaves ceases to be a Christian, because a person may believe in the truths of Christianity, and live in the constant violation of its maxims. This much, however, we will say, that to retain a propel v in slaves must be included by a man among the other sins of which he has been guilty; and we sus p ect t h e Cl erg y man wou ld not be doing Ins . duty who did not on his death bed . exhort to a repentance of the sin of holding slaves.— Bavle, the most ingenious 'of modern philosophers„ has laboured to prove that men do not regulate .their laws according to their opinions One would almost be tempted to believe, that the state of things in this country is a proof of his doctrine, for we are, certainly the most religious people in Europe at this time, and yet the principles of religion are no . where so tho roughly set at nought as in England. [IiE.PRESENTATIVE.] Mr. Brougham's long-promised motion respecting West India SlaVerv, which Was .brought forward on Friday 'eYening, had stood'-in , the Order-Book from the ,very. commencement of the 'Session ; but for various reasons, and under . sundry pretences, it had, from time to time, ' been 'postponed. To plain people, who are unacquainted with the under-work ings of party, who are but little conversant with the doublings and shillings of political partisans, it may appear somewhat strange that a motion, having professedly in view the amelioration of the present condition of the negroes, should have. 'been deferred until the close o f 'the Session; When it is evident that no measure could spring from it which could benefit the objects whose cause it pretended • to espouse. If 14 r. Brougham felt that the treatment of the' sliwes in the West India Islands furnished a real ground of complaint, either tuainst their owners or against • his Majesty's Government ; if he conceived that their treatment was such as to call.merely.for inquiry, it does seem somewhat un accountable that his gentle humanity should have slumbered throughout the whole of the Session, and should have been roused now at the rising of Parlia- Mem, when his awakening eloquence could produce no :effect within the walls of St. Stephen's. The ene mies of his fame have suggested to us, that the delay of his motion can only be accounted for by supposing that he does not feel the least real concern in the wel fare of the blacks, whose amelioration he seems so anxious to promote ; and they insinuate that he brought his motion forward at this time solely with the hope that it may assist him in his canvass for West moreland. By misrepresenting and calumniating the West India Planters, by an affected display of huma nity, he hopes to conciliate the favour of the sturdy electors of the North. We' think, however, that he is mistaken in his calculation; we rather apprehend .that the sagacious freeinen.. of that county,. having ,been born as far north as himself, are not to be irn posed upon so easily as he seems to imagine. They will easily penetrate itis views, and send him back to his old seat for Winclielsea. ISCORFORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. Pursuant to Advertisement, a public Meeting was held on Friday, the 19th, at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of advocating the cause of 'this Society, and extending ,its influence. It wits most numerously attended both by Clergy and Laity; and. it only remained to be regretted that th e room was to cootined to accommodate the numbers who were attracted upon the occasion. There were preszat, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of London, Chester, Gloucester, Norwich, Chi cheater, Ferns, St. David's; tat.. The .Archdeacons of London, Middlclea, Essex, St. Alban's, Chichester; &c. ; the Earl- of Clarendon, Mr. JUstice Park, Lord'Keuy6o, &c. The Chair was taken at two o'clock by his GraCe the Arch. bishop of CaNTraevav—wben the Secretary of the Society, the Rev. A. Hantiltona. read the Report, in which a detailed account was given of the Society'a labours in the propagation of the know ledge of Christianity through various parts of the world. This being concluded,. the Bishop of CHESTEIL rose to Inovithat the Re.. port be adopted and printed for generaFoirculatioo. . His Lordship remarked with utisfcetion the croirded state of the room, and felt assured that by giving greater publicity to the designs of this in= stitution it would receive universal support. He dwelt upon the important services rendered hy'the missions in connection with this society, not only in reclaiming heathen nations to the faith of Christ, but also in upholding the faith in our Foreign Settlements. He commented on the great advantages derived from one church establishment in the East India; especially in one respect, viz. that the native converts had now some defined establishment to which they could look up, and which was supported with that de gree of dignity which would secure them in some measure from the degradation they were exposed to in embracing Christianity in any form not thus recognized and . sanctioned. • His Lordship also adverted to the recent establishment of Native Schools in In dia, which, he regarded as holding forth the fair es t p rospect o f affording the most-ellieient means for gradually disseminating the Christian faith, along with the, uropean letters. The motion wes'aeconded by Lord KENYON; . who, in a speech of great animation, expreaseti .hie warm and cordial support of the Society, and all plans calculated to extend its beneficial designs. The next Resolution was proposed by the Bishop of Lorrnox, to the effect that this meeting approves of the designs and objects of the Incorporated Society. His Lordship in the course of a speech marked by, great earnestness and strpng sense, remarked, that in some quarters objections had been made to this Society's proceed ings, as being occupied rather in forming a Church Eatablishntent ikNorth America, than in tending out blissionaries ; he however considered this objection Z 3 in fact the highest warplicaeot W hi c h could he paid to the Society ; for what was the ultimate object of proclaiming the dospel to heathen nations but to form them into a Christian Church ? Ile had not heard the same objection urged against the Society's nritrions in other quarters; but he could not entertain a better hope for their success than that it would soon be urged equally in regard to them all. The motion was seconded by Archdeacon, POW, who, in a speech marked by his well-known ease ,and elegance of. diction, moat ably defend e d what was stigmatized by some as the slowand inert measures by which this Society's proceedings had hitherto been carried -on. He defended and advocated cautious and tem perate principl e s as t h e on ly effectual method of substantially for warding schernerriike those which this.Seciety had in view: and characterised measures as reflecting the very linage of that wi st 44ll4 nd. moderation which were so tamspicuously displayed in all the institutions of that Church, with whirl it i s ao vitally connected. A 3d Resolution, expressive of the wish of this Meet .ingr an second and extend the objects of the. f3o9iety. wartproposed b rlvlr..lusticePsitz, in a speech in which he with much warmth advocated th e p r i nc iples and utility of. the _fp'ociety compared its obscure beginning and limited sphere of action, With the extension which was Dow. being: gradually given to its operatirms :---and dwelt with enthusiasm on its future prospeceti- and'thoaa of the cause of the Gospel an over the world. This motion was second ed by the Rev. W. DRALTILY, in a speech of great ability. After commenting on the increasing zeal which appeared to animate the Church in the diffusion of Christian Knowledge, he remarked the proud pre-eminence which all parties were uniting to assign to the forms and institutions of such a Church as ours. He in stanced particularly the high value in which the Liturgy of the Church of England is held by many parties in other respects dif fering from it. Several remarkable examples of this by thein were mentioned : the English Liturgy bad been translated both into Chinese and Singalese ; by Missionaries not in connexion with the Church ; and was singularly approved by the converts. The Bishop of BRISTOL in • proposing the last Resolution of co operation, addressed the Meeting with remarkable force and per spicuity. His Lordship mentioned the extension of the Society by the recent formation of a District Committee at Cambridge ; end adverted to the great field now opened for its exertions. He concluded by stating his conviction that the public were always ready to give its support, and that for that end it was only neces sary that its designs, and its wants should be laid before them. He proved, by a reference to the sums collected this year and last, the great and rapid increase which the operations of the Society bad evinced. The Resolution was seconded by Corrox, Esq., who, With much warmth gloried in his connexion with the Church of England and this Society. The Right Hon. the Earl of CLAIIENDON then rose to pro pose the thanks of the Meeting to the President of the Society, the Archbishop of Canterbury. ' His Lordship said he would ask any one present to describe the character best qualified to fill the chair of such a society: and what would be the qualifications they would particularly name? these would surely be zeal in the cause, tempered with moderation ; firmness, united with mildned ; strength of judgment, with urbanity of manner. In describing such qualities, observed his Lordship, it is needless to ask whose portrait am I drawing ?-11:e motion was seconded by Mr. Giecs, M. P. The Archbishop returned thanks, and moved that the Meeting do adjourn, which immediately took place. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—On Saturday William Kendall, a porter in the 'employment of Messrs. Cux and Baylisa, printers, of Great Queen street, was charged with robbing his employers of consi derable quantities of printed works of value, which he sold at the shop of Mr. Geary, a wholesale bacon and butter dealer, in Broad -street, Bloomsbury, at the rate of 4d. per pound, as waste - paper. Some of the works were nearly complete, and the names of Cox and Bayliss were affixed to them, so that the purchaser, had he taken any trouble, might have discovered it was stolen property. Mr. MINSHULL, the Magistrate, was a long time hesitating before he admitted Mr. Geary's shopman an evidence against the prisoner, and he asserted, that, if there had been other evidence against the prisoner, he would have committed the shopmen tbr feloniously receiving the property_ The prisoner did not deny his guilt, but made a strong appeal to "Mr. Cox for mercy, on account of his having a wife and children. • Mr. Cox said, his loss was 1501. in one instance, and to make up the work, which th( property found at Mr. Geary's had been taken frons, would cost above 201. The prisoner was committed to Newgate. MAALBOROUGII-STREET.—Jacob'Slurrer, coacbman to.a• Mr. Meyer, appeared before Mr. Dyga, on Saturday morn ing, to•auswer u complaint made against him by Ballard and Clements', officers u!• the establishinent. On Friday night the defendant was in attendance on his mas ter's family with the carriage, at a Concert at .the Argyll Rooms, ,and endeavoured to cut into the rank out of his turn. The offi cers interfered to prevent this, • and he flogged them •with his whip ; but Ballard plied his ash plant upon his shins so vigo rously that he was soon glad to tiesist. He then, with a view of preventing - the officers from finding out who he was, turned his horacii and drove furiously along Argyll-street; but he made no thing by his motion, for Clements had mounted behind. Not withstanding his, being thus baulked in his intention, he drove on at a furious rate along Marlborough-street into Dean-street,- and through several other streets into Oxford-street, a ltern a t e ly flog ging his herses, and the offic er behind the carriage. Seeing that all attempts to escape uimknown would be useless, he joined the rank of carriages in Regent-street again, and the officers ascer tained who he was. In his defence he contented himself with . complaining of the rough treatment he received from the officers. Mr. -Welsh, one of the proprietors of the rooms, attended and expressed his unqualified approbatiou of the. Conduct of the officers on MI occasions, and on this in particular they had acted with the greatest forbearance, till it became absolutely. necessary to use force. The coachman was fined fur furiously driving, and ordered to find bail for. the assault upon the officers. UMON-HALL.--CIiteIThisTANTIAL CA4E OF.IIO4sEIsNZAE INC.—Two youths, by trade chimney .sweeps named Thomas Full tint} 'William Reeves, were brought up, on Saturday, befoie R. J.. Chambers, Esq. for final examinatioh, on suspicion of having entered the house of one Rodman, in one of the Courts in Kent-sti t-et, on the 15th instant, and stolen therefrom a bundle of linen and wearing apparel. The evidence was entirely circumstantial. ,The prisoners were observed near Union hall by one of the officers shortly after the robbery. Hall, the chief officer, said it was by no means uncotinnon for thieves, immediately after any theft, to hasten to the police office, and loiter about till recognised by souse of the officers, in order to create a doubt whether they could be the tn dividuals guilty of the offence. Mary Ann Rodman, the. prosetutrix, deposed that about four (Moil in.the afternoon she left the window-ahutterif of her house and the door .closed ; a bundle of linen was tied up in "the trzd room, worth 41. or M. She returned about .eight o'clock-and found her shutters open, and a pane of glass broken in the window: On going up stairs she missed the linen. She - perceived on ex attaining the apartment two black marks on the witidow ledge, and some spots of blood sprinkled about the floor. The adjoining houses were not inhabited. • Elizabeth Coates examined—As I was standing et my house door, on the evening of the lath inst. about five'o'cloek, law the prisoners pass by me, and go up the court leading to . the prosecutrix'r house, each of them having an empty sack. In the course of an hour they 'raised again. Reeves then carried•beth•the sacks. • One of them seemed to contain a bundle, and the other dust. Hill was squeezing blood from his finger, which appeared to have been cut. lam sure no one else passed up the court from the time the prosecutrix first went out, till the robbery was discovered. Directly after, a person who collects rent went up, I followed him, and seeing him shut the. door of the prosecutrix's house, I immediately gave an alarm. Wm. Rogers said,"as he was standing at his window, about five o'clock, • the prisoner passed, and went towards the house of the prosecutrix. Reeves stopped a little, and took up some dust which •he put into a sack. Hill asked witness if he wanted his chimney swept. The prisoners went towards the house of the prosecutrix, and presently returned. Hill's finger was bleeding. They had no implements for sweeping chimneys. manna' Gibbons, alittle girl, proved haring seen the prison ers pass and return. She saw one of them. scraping dust together with his hand. Matthew Smith, a constable, apprehended Hill the day after the robbery: Reeves was also taken about the same period. Witness was conversing with Hill when they were it, the watch-house, when Reeves desired his companion to be silent, and say nothing till they were taken before the Magistrate. The prisoners denied all knowledge of the transaction with which they were charged. After the parties had bred bound over to appear against them at the Sessions, they were taken away in thecustody of the gaoler. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS LONDON DIARY, WIDNEgnAY, MAY 24, At the Court of Commissioners. ' J. Edwards, Thighthelinstone, Sussex, at 12. W. Henderson, Warwick-row, Blaekfriars-road, Surrey, at 11 T. Thorpe, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, at 12. T. Chittenden and T. Barlett, Queen-street, CheapsiJe. at It. J. Maefarlen, George - street , Hanover - square, at 11. C. Kemp, Stake Newington , Middlesex , at W. Barratt, Eyre-street , Leather-lane, Holborn, at 11. R. Cox, Bridge-road , Lam b eth , a t 11. Pike, Houvill, and Pike, Lombard-stre e t, a t 1 2. J. Manton, Hanover-strut, Middlesex, at 11. COUNTRY DIARY, Wsni4Esnsv, MAY 24. P. Robinson, Claypole, Lincoln, at Mr. Caparn's Office, Newark-. upon -Trent, at 10. F. Goodair, Atm:beater, at the Star Ivo, Mancheic,r, at 10. E. Robinson, Brambly, York, at Mr. Uraiger's Ctfice, York, at 10. 0. R. Gittoe, Bristol, at the Commercial Rooms, Briitol, at 1. J. Turner, Cheater, Office, Liverpool, at 12. T. Powell and W. Brown, Liverpool, at Mr. Hind 'a Otlice, Liverpool, at 12. • • W. Barnard, Boaton, Lincoln, at the . White Hart Inn, 11..)ston; at 10, COUNTRY nunz Per Quarter. A.I wick Andover twdel Ashborne Ayiest , ury Banton). lt,,,,ogstoke B-11 tr I,t ktid ford Bridgewater Itriditort Bristol ul y St. Etlututia's Cluibridge CAitterbu ry Cat lisle Chard Cuestil field .. Colelieste, Daventry herby Devises Doi,castet Dorchester Exeter Eye Gloucester Guildford Flt utcy Hexbant Horncastle Hnnge Hurd Hui&itgdois Ipswich Leeds Lewes Lnicestrt Lincoln Loughborough Louth Lyon.. Niaidatone Markt t klarbtauugh Nlurpetli Newbary Newcastle Newport (Isle of Wight) 'Sort hattipt.n Nottingham Norwich Plyinuul h ItvaUing itumsey Salisbtiry . Sandwich. Sheffield . Shepton Mallet Shea boa tie Stainfortl Sundcrland . Swansea ... Taunton Truro „, Uppingbiiiii Uxbridge Witlireield Want mge Wat uthister Witicht,ter Yarniout it Yeovil Yut k Pri Bushel. Birmingham ... ... Bodulin Buckingham Cheltenham Covent - 1y Het eforti... Newca•itle (Staff.) NuAltallertots Oxford Penrith Penzance Shrewsbury Stafford IVarwick Word:l(er 31 39 30 30 3s 34 3; 34 St , sti 311 i 0 0 • 36, 28 32 ~ 3.. i 34 '3bl di .10. 127 38 4 , 1 :9 31 .10 48 33 27 3.2 t 4 3 26 3 ,, 6+l 38 80 - Si i .t 0 34 3t 35 13 25 14 28 24 Zs 4 so.. 34 14 311 371 3U 31 .6 ti• 48 57 45 "u .1 I 61.! 50 56, 18 7c 48 57 26 29 to 34 SO 3. SU .42 ;34 56 32 22 30 155 51, 37 - ?B Qs 148 be 60 76 3j 36 46 66 61 67 61 57 (P 46 5► Sit 68 2) :3: 2 tai :30 11 29 2.& 27 s. .!9 21; St 22 2; IC - 34 St , .34 -I 23 It'l 0 3tl .24 371 40 4U 35 S. 25 St' i 5 Per 8011. Barn3rdcastie ......... • Darlingi ..... . ..... • Durham .......... ti Sta toc n k li t t u l u ....... e .................. Woisingham ......... Livettroot. c oney vcctiaNcts . , hoe , . Th tng somewhat subsided, there was, at the close of f0r,,,0 advancep_ r bond w e i r i ha ci s t l. lo s s . o1 , 11, : i te r : l ap q l : at The conatzmation which prevailed on this day 1eg1.31. ~,,,t. more confidence, and better price* were •obtained ,1,,,ir and Oats ; an d, although this day's tuarket was, not iiori,trx,; attende=d, the supply of the week being swan , 5 1143 „,,, 00 was rea l i z ed u:re:t..arnaenktiodeir:4°oibdtirattat;?estnblawiwueeninetdasrlte.iltdi t t :• 1 : 0 a eaaedtuilp:'laernitc3: also h3aislin.aes4rstciolietane.y2doi,f a l e i y t p i i e l e a lie : r i t cet : :: a l s lr o c: 1. j 'i l ia i lle t: F' , l o gl : l :i:ti t ; their p rices underwent no change. Fine foreign % to rd by actual sales. 140,• J, an , . d. T 4 $ 'Wheat, English, per 701bi1...........•••••••••• 14 li g: * ) il i r i e i i i i &etch 4............ 0 ................... ~ ?,9„ 4 0 01 9 J Canad 3 (tree) —...................-- ,„,,. ~., a g 4 , 1 4 U Foreign e ree) •••••••••••••••• sr, 4 0 ill 01 . 4 4 Irish (r ).......................................... 7 l' i: ; / 0 g 0 0 Ditto (white....----....,---.-- 0 ~, ~ 0 00 $ $ Barley, English, per Imperial ....,..«» 0v " 0 9 s .s Fares (tree) rr 601b5......---. S 9 a 0 5 0 ,; i 1111411 (g rinding 0wee.a.r.......•••••• •••• 00 8 0 4 1111,0 Sootch, 1mperia1.„........................ 00 * 0 $ 44 ~ Oat', Putato . (lrish), per 4.51b5---- 00 a 0 8 04 r 1 I r Limerick 0 X , $ A 8 , S n °,7 6 0 Foreign ((in b0nd................ 9 5 ' - i - 6 • Scotch & Velch Potato, forseed Malt, Fine, bripertal Ditto, middling, ditto ..—....---.......--.. 0 00 0 00 alla I t/ 461 1 0 1 $ : L ' l' i 0 : Beans, per quarter, ditt0...........—....-- 0 A 0 4 .„; (i 0, 91 ' 1 '; Superfine Flour, per 280 11 s, ___,........ 00 a , 0 w .04 0 ' Oatmeal, per u..lollbot American Flour, new (in bond), ZU. Ott to SOs. to._ 1" - Euroe.sti in bond)--............ 20*. Od. to eis. 00 _,. Sour t out or bond .............—:—..— 295. 011. to SOIL 00. 1 Bushel - ,Oitts I m ß P : a she ° l P 6o G lbs la : N ßUs o k lO N wuss.r. 11.tALEV. °A"' L R L OLa 'e li• 1.0 I 14,120 2,060 41,19 0 Packs of stmeal, of 410 ~ el:rat:3oog aye of chh.v,liai.eesta,dv.‘.disVfisos,ri_s:Aci,el,TollasilAtEedi,TnwßitY,ah somewhat e an ti r ta b oia audience, oneu d e x ß efti w iehneot . ir e — noui r ocrital , ,,et l avo, h :g t ,fd, a ' iw d y .tishetosei b etniT e eep t e mhuk o i ceffin i l ns : .-'---- I ,l l o t el l oit r gnvt j o aooEei s ii r : b s - iii l ktp ; : o l l t watery beer P' t he p ritih r l totranslationu the b c v. contagion to tao g r io id n ic s u p l r e ea ce d r: public oaths ago, went through a course °f ill !) , F ro' d p u ar ee . d a tragedy, in fi ve acts, entitled the ~Si oef • OD , anu l e .. be louder than . btlyiet h a ihti f hen A lio .5 1 ;:lei R Nfnva 1E m.gti.hol D bee.ur . ityvell:119hpe:frive;1:1211.11C:igtel:.111;e1:1/81: tiG4era; peF wl ianr t r k dr a,, ll et ma so t 3icitor, dmig n bt s er t oCtl in e ' , late J. Jordan, E3q, of Gae l Y.-11 daub'l'tell tl;s' e l'° e to rs sa C r h a u h ret o , u D is zblin, on the Sth partner tri t iw y e , or c ts f ou D s u ol b a l ce in. his Tl so lis lita ia ry the li ce ono le e p b l . r des awd s ccessive Sundays at Ste ben's- :ten, in qg"- tiailidAy, - ...—___.. —._ DIED. ' ,1 0 'To tf iit Edinburgh, on the 541 inst., in his-75:h 1 6- ; o ! 'l,,:r InoutliFf was employed a $ g compositor iu the oili" doniul Afer tvry . t , t fi li° J) who, during the long period of 61 y O O . 0 At Lon town, on Saturday otialk, Mr.;. MarP r :, o ,ol , 0 76 i Eame day, Patrick. Sword, agt..d 8; SIA " ..,10 111SV t ° Ped , 117 , A 84. The united ago o f the 4, t b re o iodi 000 drabs took piaci! within a. fnw hours of . each ut 4rr ' . . - , • 2 42 leara. ..-4- - .1....,--- 0/111' - SO Printed anti Published by M. YOUNG, at the No. 11£, Strand. CORN MARKETS j ? 1 NG THE WEEK. W eu [Barle) Oatb. ' Beaus., Ir . ' i ' l... )ice ' //..... ' ' l l6 I- - :1; b; 38 40 411 !.@b. 152 6t, 64 66 53 di 68 64 1 33 (51 Skt 85 us 51.1 6i 55 5$ ,60 pa s. ( a3 s. 2j 20 25 28 21 27 27 30' 415 25 2t, 2 , 4 St - 21 24 21 21i 4 - 30 I I/ 2 11Yr 9 93 !0 94 :4 3o 39 46 5Q 40 441 43 44 40 413 45 50 44 461 5F $7 X,l 16 scl _ 44' 135 S7l $ 7 9 7 8 10 II 7 9 8 -H 1- 9 - IC) !► 7 5 114 16 ta lh 15 16 ij 14 ,$3 lb [l3 lb, 4 :) 5 h 5 4 5 7 4 SI I- 4 5 5 4 4 9 I( 10 - 11 20 23 24 1 , 24 2 ti ebl 20 gr , 24 a les —I 11 44 5 L' 43 li I is' 6 4u 40 41 4 44 '-' s 5 99 19 2, 2$ 17 t: i 4 SO !O US :6 q5l 7U 24 16 43 3.1 4 4 ^ - 1 4 d 4 4 1 3 4 :~ ~~ 44 50 50 54 34 41 ' 44 50 45 46 6 7 4 6 3 4 --- L 7; 7 7 """i I- - tit -3" :4 3 ' 4i 18 au I- .." I- - 1 -34 39 ':1-- -- I- - :I- - .1- - I- - 43 .1' i. mr. 36 40 .i 4 Sti